Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 20172017-01-24Foreign Relations Committeessfr000SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.IntroReferral2017-01-24IntroReferralIntroduced in Senate100009Library of Congress2112017-01-25T04:45:58Z2018-05-31T21:47:46Z200S2017-01-242017-01-24T05:00:00Z2017-03-01T20:51:05ZIntroduced in SenateIntroduced in Senate00Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike.

"First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.

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